Unscramble TUNNELLING and you have 189 words, TUNNELLING itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from TUNNELLING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 2 with 8, 6 with 7, 32 with 6, 31 with 5, 53 with 4, 48 with 3 and 15 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words made with TUNNELLING letters: TUNNELING, 10 points.
32 6-letter words from TUNNELLING; 22 of them share the top score of 7. TUNNEL, TUNING and GLUTEN are everyday picks.
Among 31 5-letter words made with TUNNELLING letters, the top score is 6, reached by 14. LINEN, GUILT and INLET are the familiar ones.
26 of 53 4-letter words you get when you unscramble TUNNELLING tie at 5 points; none scores more. LINE, TELL and UNIT will look familiar.
Of the 48 3-letter words from TUNNELLING, 21 score 4 points, the group's best. GET, LET and NET are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of TUNNELLING for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with TU · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
What TUNNELLING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. TUNNELLING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TUNNELLING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 189) | 148 | 188 | 134 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
40 of the 189 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ENGILT, GILLET, GINNEL, INGENU, LEGLIN, LINGEL, LINGLE, LUNGIE, ULLING, UNGILT, GILET, GLENT and 28 more. 14 of the 189 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GLUTENIN, GLUTE, GITE, INTEL, TEGU, TUILE, NEG, NUG, TEIN, GI, LUN, UNI and 2 more. 1 of the 189 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLI.
This word takes every letter of TUNNELLING plus a single extra one.